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The physics of diving - pressure and buoyancy

Description:: A site about diving, examining how pressure affects divers and how they can fall victim to the bends.
Keywords:: atmospheric, bends, buoyancy, diver, diving, hydrostatic, pressure,

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Atmospheric Pressure

Description:: The fundamental SI unit of pressure is the Pascal (Pa), but it is a small unit so kPa is the most common direct pressure unit for atmospheric pressure. 1 mm Hg is an old unit of pressure corresponding to the weight per unit area of a column of mercury (Hg
Keywords:: atmosphere, atmospheric, barometer, mercury, mmhg, pascal, pressure,

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Madgeburg Hemispheres

Description:: 300 years ago, Otto von Guericke arranged a demonstration in Magdeburg, Germany to demonstrate the air pump which he had invented. He made two hemispherical iron vessels which could be put together to form an airtight enclosure.
Keywords:: atmospheric, guericke, hemisphere, hyperphysics, madgeburg, otto, pressure, vacuum, von,

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Boiling Point

Description:: The boiling point is defined as the temperature at which the saturated vapor pressure of a liquid is equal to the surrounding atmospheric pressure.
Keywords:: atmospheric, boiling, hyperphysics, point, pressure, saturated, vapour,

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Crushing Coke Can

Description:: A nice demonstration using a simple Coke can of atmospheric pressure.
Keywords:: atmospheric, hyperphysics, pressure, vacuum,

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Crushing Steel Drum

Description:: A nice demonstration using a simple steel drum of atmospheric pressure.
Keywords:: atmospheric, hyperphysics, pressure, vacuum,

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Lightning

Description:: Models for the charge buildup which leads to lightning discharges suggest a buildup of a strong negative charge layer near the bottom of the cloud and the formation of a positive ground shadow
Keywords:: atmospheric, charge, current, discharge, hyperphysics, lightning, structure, tripolar, voltage,

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Sucking an egg into a bottle

Description:: From Reeko's Mad Scientist Lab instructions on how to suck an egg into a bottle.
Keywords:: activity, air, atmospheric, bottle, egg, gas, home, pressure,

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NOVA: Atmospheric Pressure

Information about factors affecting atmospheric pressure

Description:: From the companion Web site to several recent NOVA programs on Mt. Everest, including "Lost on Everest" and "Everest: The Death Zone," originally broadcast in 1998. This page looks at atmospheric pressure at high altitudes.
Keywords:: air, altitude, atmospheric, mountain, pressure,

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STFC Interesting facts - the atmosphere

Interesting facts about the atmosphere from the Science, Technology and Facilities Council

Description:: Interesting facts about the atmosphere from the Science, Technology and Facilities Council
Keywords:: atmosphere, atmospheric, atmospherics,

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